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Folks who are not artists, and yet mysteriously write “aquatinted” when they mean “acquainted”. (Like, how did you look at that and think it was correct?)
Folks who now uniformly think that on account of rap stars and slang for underwear, they are putting things in their “kitchen draws”.
Only acceptable to me perhaps if you’re stenciling on said chest of draw*ER*s!
The genius on the online dating site who gave himself the handle, “UsernameoutofCHOOSES”, I kid you not. (I thought, “sorry Charlie, any man who thinks “chooses” is interchangeable with “choices”, I wouldn’t touch with another woman’s uterus.”)
Closed captioners, there have been some dillies, including one that actually listed a coral reef discussion as “Coral Reeves”. (Yes, like it was Christopher Reeve's sister.) I thought, no. Just no. No talking head on MSNBC has ever said “reeves” for “reefs”. I refuse to believe it.
Folks who are not artists, and yet mysteriously write “aquatinted” when they mean “acquainted”. (Like, how did you look at that and think it was correct?)
Folks who now uniformly think that on account of rap stars and slang for underwear, they are putting things in their “kitchen draws”.
Only acceptable to me perhaps if you’re stenciling on said chest of draw*ER*s!
The genius on the online dating site who gave himself the handle, “UsernameoutofCHOOSES”, I kid you not. (I thought, “sorry Charlie, any man who thinks “chooses” is interchangeable with “choices”, I wouldn’t touch with another woman’s uterus.”)
Closed captioners, there have been some dillies, including one that actually listed a coral reef discussion as “Coral Reeves”. (Yes, like it was Christopher Reeve's sister.) I thought, no. Just no. No talking head on MSNBC has ever said “reeves” for “reefs”. I refuse to believe it.
The folks who use "aquatinted" in place of "acquainted" are probably the same ones who substitute "defiantly" for "definitely".
As to substituting "draws" for "drawers", that mistake--sadly--is not confined to the younger crowd that follows rap stars and their lyrics. About 15 years ago, I received a mailing from a woman who had already retired from my profession, and who was seeking employment as a consultant. Her mailing stated, "Even if you don't think you need my services now, I suggest that you put this letter in your top desk draw for future reference". The woman was ~67 years old at that time, and I can assure you that she went to school in "The Good Old Days", and that she was not a fan of rap music. Incidentally, the place where I chose to put her letter was...the trash.
Regarding the substitution of "chooses" for "choices", I suppose that this would not be a quantum leap in misusage for the folks who don't know the difference between "lose" and "loose". Sadly, the percentage of the population that makes this mistake is...very high.
And, regarding closed captioning, like you I have seen some almost incredible mistakes on the bottom of my screen. I sometimes wonder if the person typing that verbiage (assuming that it is a person) is a native speaker of English!
And, regarding closed captioning, like you I have seen some almost incredible mistakes on the bottom of my screen. I sometimes wonder if the person typing that verbiage (assuming that it is a person) is a native speaker of English!
We have to give closed captioners a break, I think.
Remember that if it is a live broadcast they are transcribing as the words are spoken. They have no opportunity to correct mistakes. Some of it may be done with voice recognition software, too. For shows not seen in real time, the typist has the script and can add such things as "spooky music playing".
Real gibberish is probably due to a problem with hardware, either on the TV or getting the signal from the typist to the show itself.
Edited to add: You can make good money doing closed captioning.
My sister-in-law says she was put on this earth for one reason and one reason only and that is to aggravate my brother. Ordinarily her grammar is very good, but I wonder why she always spells mama like this: mamma.
My sister-in-law says she was put on this earth for one reason and one reason only and that is to aggravate my brother. Ordinarily her grammar is very good, but I wonder why she always spells mama like this: mamma.
It is an alternative spelling, as is momma.
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